Photographic film for daylight loading.



To all whom it may concern."

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- NITED sfrarns mrnna oinsroa JOSEPH BIANUHI, or TOR ONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGD IOR OF ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL. (".iSEY WOOD, OF TORONTO, CANADA.

. PHo'roGRAPiIIo FILM FOR DAYLIVGHT LOADING. M

- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 5, 190a.

Application filed July 5,1907. Serial no. 382,351.

Be it knownthat I, Josern BIANOHI, 'a-citizen ofthe United States, residing j'in'the of Toronto, count v of York, Province of .Ontario, Canada, haveinvented certain new and usefulImprovements in Plmlographic Films for Daylight Loading, of which the following is a specification. v My invention relates to improyementsin wh'atl are known as i daylight -cartridges, spools, rollers and the like for photographic aratus, and. particul I which the sensitive sur a'ceis protected from paper is rolled in with cable to these films for 0 piece of opaque light so as to permit of the camera being loa (led in daylight. iln such films orthe' like the or- (llIlz1T protective outer coverings are removed before the 'lilmsare placed in position in theeamera and at this time light is very liable to reach the unprotected edges of the film and fog the sensitive surface from the edges inwardly. This is particularly liable to happen with the ribbon shaped film's com- .lnonly employed in moving picture cameras, which films are usually rolled on spools, and in which, owing to the rapidity'with which the ribbon is rolled upon thespools, it is im possible to have the spool ends in very close contact withthe edges of the ribbon.

While for ordinary cameras in which the films are changed slowly a. ribbon of dark the sensitive film with moving picture films such dark paper packings are not feasible. In any case I have found they do not give complete immunity from fog, and my invention is equally appli- Ih'ave'produced a film which is preferably use of the interwound paper.v I obtain my object by coloring each margin of the film with a narrow stripe of a suitable non-actinic color, an opaque color.

being preferred. This stripe is preferably lorated at the extreme margin of the surface ofv orboth, though the back or front of the film l (lo-not li-lflib-llglgfllfflllfLtllli This colored stripe may be formed by appiyingw iquid color to the edge of the film after the latter has been sensitized and out, or the coloring may be introduced in the manufacture of the film itself previous to sensitiving. While I prefer to apply a pigment yet in some cases the colored stripe might be an independent or nonawt'inicnlly colored serial applied to the edge of the film, nigh i do not consider this latter modificame tin city rly to that'species in rdinary cameras.

" fiendesirable.

either surface.

film and the ends'of the spool.

-. exposed edges of theffilm.

'ment for this pu The coloring may also be applied by brushing the"edges of a lightly rolledribbon offilm witha coloring matter, preferably opaque. l n this case the colored stripe isformed on the extreme edges of the film, and scarcely, if' at allfenoroaches on film constructed as I have described when closely rolled on the spool has its sensitive surface all parts protected by a nonac'tinie-edging which absorbsv all the. light which may' pass between the edges of the As in my there is nothiokening of'the preferred form i terwound paper the smooth 1m and no in -film will roll'very closely and tightly so that. f Y, c edgings, form an absolute pro-1"...

the noneactini tection against f(' g c'reepinginward from the 4 The device is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which igure 1 is a pers ective view of part of a ribbon of film attac led to a spool. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of 'a spool-of iilm. Fig. 3 is a plan View, diagrammatic, showing a ribbon of lilm'in position in a moving picture camera. i In the drawings like letters of reference indicate correspondingparts in the differept figures. I A is the film of ordinary construction is the marginal colored stripe. It-will be seen on reference to Fig. 2 that light may creep in between the'flanged ends' 0. the'spool and the edges of the film, and this light, as already described, is completely absorbed by the non actinic stripe. The

film when rewound in the camera must able it'to be removed in daylight, as other- Wisethe striped edge is of little value. I have therefore devised the following arrange rpose. The leader C secured to the end of the film is like the film iton a spool after exposure ,self'provided with the perforations a, which engage the pins 6 of the roller D, (see Fig. 4) which draws the film through the camera. These leaders are ordinarily of black paper.

The film is shown as being drawn from the spool ll round the rollers F and D, andwound on the spool G. The roller 1) is drivenifrom then-rank handle H by the gear.- ing I, and the to which is secured the pulley J driven by a cord K from the pulley ll, rotated by the be tightly wound to en- A .95

spool'G is driven by. its spindle,

- leader C,' near the end-,' gaps or in line with the perforations a,

- these a s reach crank handle. It will be seen that in the], slots are cut the roller D the latter. ceases to fee -t e film just as the end of the ribbon is reached. This prevents the ribbon being tom 1) the continued turning of the roller throug the medium ofthe crank handle, at the same time the winding s 001 may be continued' in movement to ta e up any slack and wind the film as tightly as desired. It is then safe to seal up and remove the spool in' dayliiight as the leader protects the outside of, the m; and the colored stripes protect the edges of the film within the ends of the spool.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A hotographic film having its edges provide with a marginal stripe" of a non actinic color. I

2. A (photographic film having its edges. prpvide with a marginal stripe of an opaque co or.

3. A photographic film having its edges tinted with a non-actinic color.

4; A photographic film having its edges tinted with an opaque color.

aphic film having its edges 5. A photogr tmted witha non-actinic opaque color.

s that when stripe of a non-actmic color;

6. sensitized ribbon 'of hotographic film having its edges tinted 'wit a marginal 7. A sensitized ribbon of hotog'raphic film having its edges tinted with .stripe of an opaque color.

8. A sens tized ribbon of hoto'graphic film having its edges tinted stripe of a non-aotinic opa u e'color. V

9. A photographic film 1 aving its margins rendere light ab of a non-so uble coloring material. 10. Aribbon' of tphotographic 'film having a leader attached t ereto providedwith a series of perforations for engagement with a shifting device and having near its end a gap 01'' slot in line with the perforations.

.11. A ribbon of photogra hic film light absor tive margins an having'a leader attached'vt ereto provided; with a series of perforations for engagement. with a shifting evice and having near itsfend a gap or slot v in line with the perforations;

Toronto, Ont., 28th'June,1907, 4 JOSEPH BIANCHI. Signedinthe resence of- J. Enw. YBEE, F W. MoKENnRroK.

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